Does Clear Pest Pros provide assistance with selecting a business site or negotiating a lease?
Clear_Pest_Pros Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
We do not provide any assistance with (a) selecting a business site or negotiation of any lease or purchase of any site, (b) conforming the site to local ordinances and codes and obtaining any required permits, or (c) hiring and training employees (other than the required training discussed in Section 3.A of the Franchise Agreement).
Your business site, whether you operate from your commercial location, must be located within the Territory, and will be approved by us.
To approve your site, we will consider several factors, such as its size, condition, orientation within the Territory, its co-tenants, traffic patterns, and other details about the location (Section 1.D of the Franchise Agreement).
There is no time limit for us to approve sites, but it will not be unreasonably delayed.
Failure to select a site and open within the prescribed time period is a default of the franchise agreement, any may result in a termination of your franchise agreement.
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND TRAINING (FDD pages 40–49)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 FDD, Clear Pest Pros does not provide assistance with selecting a business site or negotiating a lease. However, Clear Pest Pros does designate a territory for the business and requires approval of the franchisee's business site, considering factors like size, condition, orientation, co-tenants, and traffic patterns. The site must be within the designated territory.
While Clear Pest Pros does not help with site selection or lease negotiation, they do provide an initial package that includes logo-wear, a tablet, a backpack sprayer, radar, printed material, and consumables. They also provide four months of targeted marketing in the franchisee's territory. The estimated time to open a Clear Pest Pros business is 90 to 120 days, influenced by factors like business startup considerations, training completion, the existence of an office site, and financing.
Failure to select a site and open within the prescribed time may result in termination of the franchise agreement. The franchisee must also select a business office site within the territory, which Clear Pest Pros must approve in its sole discretion. The office site can be a home or commercial space, but cannot be located outside the territory without express written consent. If the office site is located outside the territory and a new franchisee purchases that territory, the original franchisee must move their office site unless they obtain written authorization from Clear Pest Pros and the new franchisee.